Learning From Your Mistakes

Bob Lupton is a minor celebrity these days, at least in faith-based urban ministry circles, and with good reason. Over his three plus decades in urban Atlanta -- the decidedly unhip parts of "urban Atlanta" -- he's never lost his commitment to caring for the poor, but he has kept his eyes opened and relearned age-old principles that are forgotten every few generations. It takes open-minded pioneers like Mr. Lupton to rediscover them in the field, though I also have an appreciation for the academic/historical work that has paralleled Mr. Lupton's hands-on ministry (see Marvin Olasky's "The Tragedy of American Compassion and several other works documenting the roots of the principles Mr. Lupton covers here). But for many folks, example is much more powerful than argument, and Mr. Lupton provides the example in a very convincing manner.

I will now end this review in fifth grade book report style: Want to know what these principles are that Mr. Lupton has painstakingly learned in his years in urban ministry? Then you'll have to READ THE BOOK!!! (It's only just over 100 pages and is an easy, easy read, so READ THE BOOK!!!)